The Mail-Journal, Volume 8, Number 23, Milford, Kosciusko County, 7 July 1971 — Page 13

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Purpose Os Independence

As Independence Day 1971 approaches, it is well to recall that the Fourth of July means more than shooting off a few fireworks. It marks the point nearly two centuries ago when the United States began to shape its destiny as an independent nation. This year, as we commemorate independence, many are asking whether we are worthy of the freedom we have enjoyed all these years, thanks to the fortitude and purposefulness of our forefathers. To them, independence meant building a strong nation where individual freedom, under law, the right of property and other basic liberties.

Mr. Hoover Passes A Test

One way to prove one’s fitness in Washington is to engage in dialog with Martha Mitchell, wife of the attorney general, and emerge unscathed. Some of the most indomitable orators in town, finding themselves face to face (or phone to phone) with her, have been forced to retreat in confusion and disarray. Those who accuse J. Edgar Hoover, 76-year-old director of the FBI, of being too old to hold his job should therefore take note of his excellent Showing in this test. Emerging from three years of voluntary social isolation, he turned up , at a party for Mrs. Mitchell, pronounced her “one of the most adorable girls I’ve

Onus Still On Hit-Run

The U.S. Supreme Court has struck another blow for law and order or against human liberty, however you wish to look at it. In a five-to-four decision, the court overruled the California Supreme Court and upheld that state’s law (and similar laws in .every other state) requiring a driver to leave his name and address at the scene of an accident. , The case concerned a Californian who was involved in an auto accident in 1966, who fled the scene, was later arrested and who based his defense on the contention that to have stopped and identified himself would have violated his Fifth Amendment right against selfincrimination. Writing the majority opinion. Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Held that there is no more constitutional right to flee the scene of an accident to avoid the possibility of legal invovlement than there is a right to refuse to file an income tax return because of the possibility of legal involvement with the Internal Revenue Service. ‘ “Disclosure of name and address is an essentially neutral act,” he wrote. “ ... A name, linked to a motor vehicle, is no more incriminating than the tax return, linked with the disclosure of income ... It identifies but does not by itself implicate anyone in criminal conduct” Dissenting from the opinion. Associate Justice William J. Brennan argued that by this reasoning. “ a

CAPITOL COMMENTS With SENATOR 1 ' VANCE '■' • r ** nana ‘ Police Pay Increase Plan

A new plan to improve the pay of police officers was unveiled today by senator Vance Hartke (D-lnd.). Under the Hartke proposal police salaries would be increased through a system of federal supplements. The measure, an amendment to the 1968 Safe Streets Act. would supplement the salaries of local police officers who are currently attending or who have graduated from institutions of higher education

EDITORIALS

Hartke said. "In the past, law enforcement has received a low budget priority; the result is that today we face a critical shortage of police in America." Across the country, police chiefs of medium sire and big cities report their departments are below authorized strength by an average of 10 per cent. Hartke also argued for. as he 7 put it. “A new breed of law enforcement officer with

could thrive'and grow. They applied their independence to these purposes with fruitful results. If the nation is now drifting and divided, there can be but one reason. The premises upon which independence was won have been weakened. Some are ashamed of the institutions under which it has become strong. They use the independence granted to them nearly 200 years ago to turn the nation away from the principles on which it was founded and upon which it depends for its continued existence. Those who are grateful for the opportunities and freedom this country hasgiveft them should stand up and be counted on Independence Day this year.

ever met,’’ and praised her for “letting the cirips fall where they may. She doesn’t engage in weary rhetoric. Asked if he had ever had a midnight call from her, he replied that he hadn’t — “but I stay up at night waiting for it.” Certainly nobody, whether an FBI director, a senator, or a Supreme Court justice, should feel entitled to hang onto his job until- he is senile. But Mr. Hoover’s showing with Martha Mitchell suggests that he is still quite capable of deciding for himself when to retire. More so, we suspect, than some of his detractors. —Chicago Tribune

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statute which required all robbers to stop and leave their names and addresses with their victims” would not mean they were giving compulsory evidence against themselves. Robbers, and others, however, have been known to leave something just as good as a name and address. It may be a fingerprint, or in another case, a chip of paint from a fender. There is no law, of course, compelling anyone to leave evidence. Yet it hardly seems fair that' one man is convicted on the basis of evidence he leaves at the scene of a crime while another gets off scot-free because he is smart enough or lucky enough not to leave any evidence. Self-incrimination by inadvertence is surely as incompatible with American ideals of justice as self-incrimination by compulsion. This is rather silly, but no more so that Justice Brennan’s argument, and much less so than Justice Hugo Black’s declaration that the Burger opinion “would practically wipe out the Fifth Amendment’s protection against selfincrimihation.” Be that as it may, innocent parties in automobile accidents can solace themselves with the knowledge that the guy who hits them and runs away does not — at least for now — have the blessing of the world’s most august tribunal. —Goshen News

specialized knowledge in everything from the law to crowd psychology ’’ But he said. "Existing pay scales have proved incapable of attracting men who can more adequately meet the high standards our times require.’’ The Hartke bill would provide up to a 10 per cent salary supplement to all the officers in a police department who have degrees from an accredited twoyear post high school institution of higher learning; a IS per cent increase to those who have degrees from a four-year institution. and a 20 per cent supplement to those who hold graduate degrees. In addition, a supplement would be paid to those officers who are currently enrolled in a program of higher education in proportion to the progress they have made towards their degree or certificate.

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Know Your Indiana Law By JOHN J. DILLON Attorney at Law , This is a public sen-ice article explaining provisions of Indiana law in general terms.

Savings And Loan Association Shares

While many people have money deposited in savings and loan associations or more correctly, building and loan associations, they do not realize that they thereby become shareholders and, subject to the by-laws of the association, are entitled to a vote in its management. In these “state chartered institutions” each shareholder is given certain rights as a matter of law. You can generally ascertain exactly what these voting rights are as represented by your shares in the association by examining your passbook. It also normally has set out in it the par value of your share or interest in the association. This will normally be stated in one hundred dollar per share increments. No share in a savings and loan association can have any preference over any other share either in regard to voting rights

SPECIAL REPORT FROM WASHINGTON

Top Secret World Filled With Shadows

WASHINGTON — Publication of the classified Pentagon papers has thrown some sunlight on the shadow government which shapes policies, plans wars, gathers intelligence and conducts secret operations out of sight of the American people. This shadow government is staffed by faceless men who speak a secret language all their own. They talk of bombing North Viet Nam. Laos and the Ho Chi. Minh trail in such colorful terms as "Rolling Thunder," “Steel Tiger” and “Barrel Roil.” A hush-hush attempt to wash out the infiltration trail by seeding the clouds over the Ho Chi Minh system is known as “Intermediary Compatriot." Clandestine operations inCambodia are called “Salem House," in Laos "Prairie Fire.” Members of the shadow government use a variety of labels to classify their secret communications. Special secrets used to the designated “Secret Landa" and "Top Secret Trine” to emphasize their sensitivity. Urgent messages to the "Pinnacle,” as Washington was secretly known, were marked “Flash.” If an international incident might be impending, a priority called “Critic” was supposed to ensure that a message reached the highest echelons. Intercepted enemy communications were identified as “gamma controlled items." SECURITY REVISION'S Some of these terms were changed after the capture of the spy ship Pueblo, an event that rocked the shadow government. The loss of the Pueblo's papers to the North Koreans forced the government to revise its entire security procedures. The revisions filled two huge volumes, which are not guarded with tender care. Meanwhile, coded messages flood onto the White House. Pentagon, State Department. Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency and other centers of the shadow government from all over the world.

or in the distribution of assets in the event of dissolution. This, of course, means that each investor has an equal voice in the management of the association. Your passbook undoubtedly contains much information in regard to the operation of your savings and loan association or indicates that the rules and regulations are set out in the bylaw's of the association which, of course, are freely available for your examination. It will also undoubtedly state that you are required to give thirty days notice to withdraw the value of your shares. The law makes provision, however, when the association is in a liquid conation, that your shares (deposit) can be withdrawn immediately and most savings and loan associations try to keep their condition liquid enough to permit immediate withdrawal of all

funds. You are, of course, entitled to receive dividends on your shares in a savings and loan association which can be declared quarterly, semiannually or annually. Normally these dividends are paid quarterly and stated in terms of interest return, although they really are dividends on your share interest in the savings and loan association. In addition to shareholders having a vote in the management of the savings and loan association, any person who has a mortgage payable to the association is entitled to one vote on all matters of the association requiring the vote of the investment shareholders. The savings and loan association can invest your money by loaning to members of the association on their note any amount up to their unpledged deposit. In addition, the association can make loans secured by a first lien on improved real estate and pursuant to a recent law, can make loans for college education or certain approved vocational or technical education. Practically all savings and loan deposits are now insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation in amounts up to $20,000, which further protects your investment in a savings and loan association. Also, surplus funds of the savings and loan association not loaned

The most urgent messages are given special handling. But the sheer volume makes it impossible for the top policymakers to read everything. The authors of the secret messages and memos, therefore, use sensitive security labels often for no other purpose than to catch the eye of the bigwigs. Since our speciality is covering the backrooms of Washington, we have managed to obtain special access to the secret doings and secret documents of the shadow government. Most classified material that has fallen into our hands over the years should never have been kept secret from the public. We have also found that high officials use security labels to hide their mistakes, cover up embarrassment and mislead the public. On the other hand, they don’t hesitate to release the most secret information if it will help them win elections, promote their policies, gain more appropriations or make themselves look good. More not less light is needed upon the shadow government which, increasingly, is shaping the nation's destiny in the dark. CRIPPLES GROUNDED Ralf Hotchkiss, a disabled engineer and writer who gets around in a wheelchair, made a reservation in Washington not long ago to fly to Montreal for a television appearance. He is an experienced traveler who had used the nations’ airlines for years. He was astonished, therefore, when the Northeast Airlines ticket agent told him that, because he was crippled, he couldn’t fly without an “attendant." Twa young men booked on the same flight agreed to act as “attendants.” But a Northeast official huddled with them and talked them out of it. When other passengers volunteered, the airline relented. Then it discovered that the new volunteers were going only to Boston. Hotchkiss, halfway up thesboarding ramp on a loading chair, was kicked off the plane.

Congressional Comer: John Brademas Reports From Washington

Nixon Issues First Veto

A busy week in Washington was darkened Tuesday by President Njacon’s first veto of this Congress. Despite a national unemployment rate twice as high as the figire when Mr. Nixon entered office and in the face of a steadily increasing number of men and women out of work for more than 15 weeks — now more than 1.3 million — the President chose to kill the Accelerated Public Works Bill. This measure would have provided more than $2 billion for the dual purpose of creating jobs in high unemployment areas and constructing badly needed public facilities. THIRD DISTRICT PROJECTS AFFECTED At lease three projects planned in our own Third District will be affected by the President’s action. This veto, combined with the President’s announcement that he intends to stick with his hitherto disastrous economic ’game plan’ indicates that Mr. Nixon is not following the advice of his own Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, “ Dr. Paul McCracken. Dr. McCracken stated recently that “We have to recognize that expansion is not yet moving fast enough to eat into the unemployment picture. And I think it is important for us to achieve the degree of economic expansion which will do it.” I hope very much that Congress will seek to override this illadvised Presidential veto. MONEY FOR EDUCATION On a brighter note, the House voted $15.1 billion in funds for help to the nation’s schools, colleges and universities and a wide variety of education programs for the coming fiscal year. This figure represents an increase of more than one half billion dollars over last year’s appropriation, and nearly S4OO million more than the Administration’s request. For the last two years, the President has vetoed the education appropriation bill for what he has called inflationaryreasons, but the chances of such a veto this -year are greatly diminished by the strong bipartisan support the bill received in Congress. The bill

on approved loans are required to be invested in very carefully regulated governmental securities. You should read your passbook carefully to ascertain all your rights in your savings and loan association. Copyright 1971 by John J. Dillon

His experience was not unique. The nation’s airlines have long had a policy, backed by Civil Aeronautics Board regulations, that “il you can’t walk, you can’t fly.” Bill Swenford, a CAB spokesman, explained that the policy dated back to the days ol commercial aircraft that could glide or float. Then, a disabled person might be unable to escape from a plane forced down upon water. Swenford said the policy seemed a little out of date in an era of jets which can neither glide nor float. Yet the airlines continue to enforce it, although not in a consistent manner. Harry Schweikert of the Paralyzed Veterans Association said he has “files and files” of complaints from his members about being refused air passage. Often, they were denied seats by the same airlines that, on other occasions, accepted them' as passengers. Only United Airlines, he said, has never to his knowledge refused any of his members a seat because of his disability. Complained Schweikert: “We can do anything. We can drive a car. We can drive a speedboat. We can keep a house. But because we can’t walk, they sometimes won’t let us fly.” We talked to Dick Jones, a spokesman for Northeast, who claimed that safety was the principal reason his airline continue to have the “no-walk, no-fly” policy. Jones said Northeast felt a crippled passenger would have difficulty escaping afterwards if he survived a plane crash initially. He also said allowing disabled passengers to travel alone would create problems if they wanted to. go to the bathroom. The CAB rules also permit the airline to turn down a cripple if his presence might affect the “comfort” of the other passengers. Footnote: The Airline Consumer’ Action Project, Ralph Nader’s federation of fed-up air travelers, is quietly pushing the CAB for a change of its regulations.

passed the Senate by a vote of 74 to 5. and the House by 376 to 15. DRAFT BILL IN CONFERENCE Meanwhile, the legislation to extend the Selective Service Act went into conference last week to resolve the differences between the House and Senate versions. The bill is not likely to go to the President until after Congress returns on July 6. An impasse has arisen over an amendment authored by Senator Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.) which passed the Senate but failed in the House by a vote of 219 to 176. The House action marked the highest vote yet recorded in the House .of Representatives on a measure designed to end US military involvement in Indochina. The amendment, which I supported, calls on the President to withdraw all troops from Southeast Asia in nine months, provided that all prisoners of war are returned in advance.' Among those provisions of the draft bill which are virtually certain to emerge as part of the final measure are a stipulation that all college students who held deferments during the academic year of 1970-71 will retain them until they graduate, a draft ceiling of 130.000 men in fiscal 72, and a pay increase primarily for lower-ranking servicemen, amounting to more than $2.4 billion. The President last week announced with great fanfare a plan to halt the production of the opium poppy in Turkey. The plan wall not actually take effect for another year, and it seems to me ironic that the Administration should be taking such great pride in announcing such a limited program, after having opposed the tougher and more farreaching proposals which have been introduced in Congress. EIGHTEEN YEAR-OLD VOTE Finally. I was delighted to see Ohio join 37 other states including Indiana in ratifying the 26th amendment to the Constitution which extends the vote in all elections to 18 year-olds. This amendment originally proposed by Indiana’s Senator Birch Bayh, will make it possible.for a total of 26 million new voters to participate in state and local as well as Federal elections for the first time in 1972. The greatest man in the world, -in my opinion, is the man who can take an average job and make something of it.

By JACK ANDERSON